Again and again, visiting writers, editors, and agents remind us that a story must jump off the page from the start. A writer has only a page or two to catch the attention of a busy editor.
The On the Wall contest involves posting the first page of your work “on the wall” at the fall conference for peer voting. The winning entries will be read aloud during the conference luncheon, and the entry fees will be totaled and split among the winners.
Any SCBWI member attending the conference who has not yet had a book published or accepted for publication may enter the contest.
To enter, send your page and a cover sheet with your name and contact information. Do not place your name on the manuscript. Send entries and a $5 entry fee to Marcy Canterna, 24 Fairway Drive, Delmont, PA 15626. Entries must be postmarked no later than Thursday, November 1.
Cheryle Petelvich is the 2012 winner of the Nancy Markham Alberts Memorial Scholarship for the Spring Retreat.
This scholarship honors our much-loved Assitant Regional Advisor who died on September 12, 2006. Nancy loved the spring retreat so her scholarship provides tuition, room, and board for the retreat weekend to a Western Pennsylvania member of SCBWI.
To apply send THREE COPIES of the following:
- The five manuscript pages you would choose to read to an editor
- A statement of no more than 250 words describing how you and your writing will benefit from the weekend
- A short paragraph explaining your financial need for the scholarship.
YOUR NAME MUST NOT APPEAR ON ANY OF THE COPIES but be sure to include a cover sheet with your name, phone number and email address.
Send the above to Pat Easton, 135 Orchard Drive, McMurray, PA. 15317. All applications must be received by February 5, 2012
The applications will be reduced to five finalists. Each application will be given a number and then a team of three WPASCBWI members will assess the anonymous applications. INCOMPLETE OR LATE ENTRIES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. The winner will be announced March 5, 2012. If the winner has already paid a deposit, it will be refunded.
The Nancy Albert’s Scholarship is a financial-need based contest in honor and memory of our friend and author Nancy Alberts. The winner of this contest receives an expense paid spring retreat.
To enter, submit five pages of your work, a statement describing how you will benefit from the retreat weekend, and a paragraph explaining your financial need to Pat Easton at 135 Orchard Drive, McMurray, PA, 15317.
Submission Deadline
January 25, 2011
2011 Spring Retreat
Again and again, visiting writers, editors, and agents remind us that a story must jump off the page from the start. A writer has only a page or two to catch the attention of a busy editor.
The On the Wall contest involves posting the first page of your work “on the wall” at the fall conference for peer voting. The winning entries will be read aloud during the conference luncheon, and the entry fees will be totaled and split among the winners.
Any SCBWI member attending the conference who has not yet had a book published or accepted for publication may enter the contest.
To enter, send your page and a cover sheet with your name and contact information. Do not place your name on the manuscript. Send entries and a $5 entry fee to Marcy Canterna, 24 Fairway Drive, Delmont, PA 15626. Entries must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, November 3.
